The modern motorcycle hasn’t always been designed with customisation in mind, and many are beautiful enough not to warrant it. There are some bikes, however, that might be seen as perfect from the moment they roll off the production line, but the manufacturer has still given owners the opportunity to stamp their own personality on the bikes.
There can be few motorcycle fanatics who find the current crop of Triumph “modern classics” – Bonneville, Scrambler, Bobber, Speed Twin and Thruxton – anything other than properly beautiful machines. What’s even better is that the beauty is so much more than skin deep, and the models can truthfully be seen as thoroughly modern motorcycles rather than simple pastiches of past glories.
From time to time, Triumph releases Factory-Custom versions of some of its modern classic models, as well as the outrageous Rocket 3, in strictly limited numbers worldwide. These may feature special paint jobs, alternative parts made from carbon fibre, billet aluminium, brushed nickel and leather, uprated components such as suspension and exhaust systems, performance parts and so on.
As good as these are, the customer might have his or her own ideas about how they want their Triumph to look in customised form. That’s where Triumph South Africa comes in with Tailor Made Triumph.
Tailor Made Triumph has the ability and the parts catalogues, both OEM and after-market, to turn your dreams into reality. There is literally nothing they can’t do to your Triumph, be it a modern classic or any of the up-to-date sports and adventure models.
Many owners simply want to personalise the appearance of their bikes, and to this end, Triumph can carry out cosmetic surgery involving any and every part of the motorcycle, from paint and upholstery, to powder coating, nickel plating and polishing, either using parts from the Triumph OEM catalogue or from a number of after-market suppliers, for whom Triumph SA is the official agent in the country. These include Motone, British Customs, Free Spirit and New Rage Cycles.
But Tailor Made Triumph can also enhance the performance of your bike through the use of carefully selected and specified performance parts, again from both the OEM catalogue and after-market suppliers.
The good thing about having Triumph do the customisation work for you is that your warranty will not be affected in any way, so you will still enjoy peace of mind as to the health of your bike, which is not something you can say with certainty when you use an outside supplier or builder. What Triumph SA is enabling you to do is have your dream brought to life by fully trained and certified Triumph technicians, so you know the work will have been done properly, using parts that have been specifically designed for use on Triumphs.
There are two ways you can go about creating your dream Triumph. The first is to head to your nearest Triumph dealer and talk to them about your ideas, and let them show you the best way of achieving them.
The other way you can do it is from the comfort of your own home. If you go to the US or UK Triumph websites, you will find a configurator tool, which will allow you to “build” your bike digitally, using all the many parts available officially through Triumph. You can then save your concept, send it to Triumph SA, and they will then cost it in Rands and get your project on the road.
Of course, one of the easiest and most distinctive ways of altering the appearance of your Triumph is through a unique paint job, and Tailor Made Triumph is exceptionally well-qualified to carry this out, from concept to completion, working with you every step of the way to ensure you get exactly what you want.
If you’ve visited a Triumph dealer recently, you can’t have failed to notice some of the spectacular custom models that frequently grace the showroom floors; all of these will have come directly from the Triumph workshops. Look closely, and they are absolutely flawless, with perfect workmanship and paint.
For more information on turning your Triumph dreams into reality, contact Triumph South Africa on 011 444 4444.
